However, the classic conundrum is how to properly balance the long-term potential of the company with near term profitability.

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Coming out of the economic crisis, they remain challenges that will require innovation, a willingness to listen, and solutions that properly balance our obligation to shareholders with our desire to provide access to credit and services for our clients, customers and the communities we serve.

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Although they were still unable to balance properly, they were able to bear more of their own weight themselves.

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And to the extent that this case, which we still don't know all the details of -- to the extent that this case has prompted renewed interest about how do we strike that balance properly, then I think now is the time for us to go ahead and revisit that legislation.

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The problem facing the show is simple: how to maintain the tension and balance it out properly against the need for action.

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According to most courts, Oakley must establish that it is likely to succeed on the merits, that it is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of injunctive relief that cannot be properly addressed by monetary damages, that the balance of equities tips in its favor, and that an injunction is in the public interest.

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Another good argument in favour of a price-level target is that it helps repair balance sheets, so the financial system can work properly.

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Historic liabilities have to be honoured (and properly accounted for, rather than hidden off the government's balance-sheet).

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